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Where does “yōˀs-” come from?

yōˀs- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European yeh₃s- — gird; belt, girdle.

Ancestry of “yōˀs-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₃s-gird; belt, girdle
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